Charles Drake
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Charles Drake (October 2, 1917 – September 10, 1994) was an American actor.Drake was born as Charles Ruppert in New York City. He graduated from Nichols College and became a salesman. In 1939, he turned to acting and signed a contract with Warner Brothers. He wasn't immediately successful. World War II interrupted his career; soon after his military service was complete, Drake returned to Hollywood in 1945, his contract with Warner Brothers ended. In the 1940s, he did some freelance work, like A Night in Casablanca. In 1949 he moved to Universal Studios. In 1955, Drake turned to television as one of the stock-company players on Robert Montgomery Presents and three years later he became the host of the British TV espionage weekly Rendezvous. In 1959, he starred in the Western film, No Name on the Bullet, where he played a doctor dedicated to saving a small town from a dangerous assassin. In 1967 he played the part of Oliver Greer in The Fugitive episode The One That Got Away. He played in 83 films between 1939 and 1975, including Scream, Pretty Peggy. More than 50 were dramas, but he also acted in comedies, science fiction, horror and film noir. He died on September 10, 1994 in East Lyme, Connecticut, aged 76. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Drake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
as Young Priest (uncredited)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
as Kevin Gillmore
Harvey (1950)
as Dr. Sanderson
Sergeant York (1941)
as Scorer (uncredited)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
as Mick Anderson
The Arrangement (1969)
as Finnegan
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
as Sheriff Matt Warren
Now, Voyager (1942)
as Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
Winchester '73 (1950)
as Steve Miller
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
as Don Haynes
The Swimmer (1968)
as Howard Graham
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
as Luke Canfield
To Hell and Back (1955)
as Brandon
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
as Sandy
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
as Lt. Pierre Delmar
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
as Tom Sweeny
Until They Sail (1957)
as Capt. Richard Bates
Across the Pacific (1942)
as Officer (uncredited)
Female on the Beach (1955)
as Police Lieutenant Galley
Out of the Fog (1941)
Actor
Air Force (1943)
as Navigator
Cop on the Beat (1975)
as Deputy Chief Berliner
Four Guns to the Border (1954)
as Sheriff Jim Flannery
The Red Ball Express (1952)
as Partridge
Tammy Tell Me True (1961)
as Buford Woodly
Back Street (1961)
as Curt Stanton
The Playroom (1957)
as George Rutherford
The Road to Edinburgh (1954)
as Jeff Davis
Comanche Territory (1950)
as Stacey Howard
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975)
as Alan Hardesty
Whistle Stop (1946)
as Ernie
Step Down to Terror (1958)
as Johnny Walters
You Never Can Tell (1951)
as Perry Collins
The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)
as Jim Anderson
War Arrow (1953)
as Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
The Price of Fear (1956)
as Pete Carroll
Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Second Bridegroom (uncredited)
The Lone Hand (1953)
as George Hadley
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
as Herb Klaxon
Jeanne Eagels (1957)
as John Donahue
Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
as Dodd
Hail, Hero! (1969)
as Senator Murchiston
Conflict (1945)
as Norman Holsworth
Summer Pavilion (1955)
as Ned Welch
Million Dollar Baby (1941)
Actor
The Male Animal (1942)
as Student (uncredited)
The Pretender (1947)
as Dr. Leonard Koster
My Brother's Wedding (1985)
as Pastor #2
Winning Your Wings (1942)
as State College Student (uncredited)
Tobor the Great (1954)
as Dr. Ralph Harrison
Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
as Malcolm Drew
Dear Heart (1965)
as Frank Taylor
The Counterfeit Killer (1968)
as Dolan
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
as Snappy Saunders
The Screaming Woman (1972)
as Ken Bronson
The Lively Set (1964)
as Paul Manning
The Hard Way (1943)
as Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
Partners in Crime (1973)
as Lt. Fred Harnett
Peggy (1950)
as Tom Fielding
Gunsmoke (1953)
as Johnny Lake
Dangerously They Live (1941)
as Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
Showdown (1963)
as Bert Pickett
The Money Jungle (1967)
as Harvey Sheppard
You Came Along (1945)
as Lt. R. Janoschek
The Third Day (1965)
as Lawrence Conway
Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)
as George Thornton
Career (1939)
as Rex Chaney
Little Egypt (1951)
as Oliver Doane
The Tender Years (1948)
as Bob Wilson
Louisa (1950)
as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Bullet Scars (1942)
as Reporter at Police HQ
Air Cadet (1951)
as Captain Sullivan
The Smugglers (1968)
as Harry Miller
Busses Roar (1942)
as Eddie Sloan
Winter Wonderland (1946)
as Steve Kirk
Proceed and Report (1943)
as Lt. Johnson
Police Headquarters (1974)
as David L. Chapin